From Michael Goldstone | God Pursued Me As I Hitchhiked South! · · Chosen People Ministries
“The pastor started to read a portion of scripture to me — it was 'Who hath believed our report... he was wounded for our transgressions...' — and he said 'Brother Michael, where do you think this is?' and when I looked it said Isaiah; it was so obvious to me that it was talking about Jesus.”
On , Michael Goldstone, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at RUSH ENTERPRISES INC, spoke about scripture during Michael Goldstone | God Pursued Me As I Hitchhiked South! on Chosen People Ministries.
In a 2021 interview, Michael Goldstone described his personal journey from a "hippie" searching for fulfillment through drugs and Eastern philosophy to a Christian believer. He recounted hitchhiking to Mexico with a friend in search of magic mushrooms, which he hoped would help them "understand who we were even better and maybe understand who God was better." Goldstone said that after meeting his future wife, he began reading the Bible and was initially disturbed by Jesus's claims, but later came to believe Jesus is the Messiah after a prayer experience and reading the Old Testament book of Isaiah. He stated that he and a friend started a lighting business, which he said "has grown into one of the largest lighting companies in the United States," and that his parents and brother also came to believe in Jesus. Goldstone acknowledged historical Christian wrongdoing, including the Holocaust, but said "this has nothing to do with Jesus" and encouraged others to "read the Scriptures for yourself with an open heart and an open mind."